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Mountain

Tête Carrée

Located in Salvan, Saint-Maurice District Coordinates: 46°05′58″ N 6°57′22″ E

Map showing the location of Tête Carrée Tête Carrée
Location in Switzerland
Elevation
2,481 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Finhaut
2.4 km SE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Airports
GVA Geneva International Airport67 km
NCY Annecy Meythet airport69 km

About Tête Carrée

Tête Carrée is a mountain. Location: Salvan, Saint-Maurice District. Elevation: 2,481 m. The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (67 km). Nearby sights include Dent d'Emaney and La Rebarme.

Climate of Tête Carrée

This month · November

A wet month

Day -1° · Night -7° · Rain 172 mm

Hottest month
August (day 12°)
Coldest month
January (night -11°)
Wettest month
December (174 mm)
Driest month
September (110 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Tête Carrée
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-5°-5°-4°-1°4°8°11°12°8°4°-1°-4°
Average low (°C)-11°-11°-10°-8°-3°0°3°4°1°-2°-7°-9°
Precipitation (mm)160160143138140129111116110145172174

How to get to Tête Carrée

The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (GVA), 67 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 53 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 67 kmwest
  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 69 kmwest
  • Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) Chambéry 98 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 53 kmnorthwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 64 kmwest
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 102 kmnorth
  • Grenoble Population: 158.6K 141 kmsouthwest
  • Besançon Population: 128.4K 147 kmnorthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Tête Carrée

Within 100 km: 136 historic and cultural sites, 3,930 natural sites, 497 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km615 places

  • Lac de Fully Lake 14 kmNE
  • Lac d'Émosson Lake 4 kmSW
  • Lac Sup. de Fully Lake 14 kmNE
  • Lac d'Orny Lake 14 kmSE

25–60 km1,559 places

  • Ile de Salagnon Island 38 kmN
  • Lake Leman Lake 53 kmNW
  • Lac de Derborence Lake 28 kmNE
  • Arnensee Lake 38 kmNE

60–100 km2,389 places

  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 92 kmNE
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 92 kmNE
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 88 kmNE
  • Ile d'Ogoz Island 67 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Finhaut Village, Finhaut
    2.4 km SE
  • Finhaut Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
    3.8 km SW
  • Salvan Village, Salvan
    5.4 km NE
  • Evionnaz Municipality, Saint-Maurice District
    5.4 km N
  • Le Trétien Village, Salvan
    3.4 km E
  • Barberine Village, Salvan
    3.1 km SW

Nearby attractions & nature

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Sources & licences

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